Memorial services are being held in Indonesia and other nations for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on the 10th anniversary of the disaster. In Indonesia's province of Aceh - the...

Unemployment in France reached a record high of 3.488 million people in November, data released on Wednesday shows. The figures mark an increase of 27,400 jobless compared to the previous month...

Sony's online PlayStation store and Microsoft's Xbox Live network have been disrupted over Christmas in what is thought to have been a cyber-attack on the companies. The network...

A bare-breasted member of Femen tried to snatch the Baby Jesus from the crib in St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Christmas Day when the Pope was speaking to the huge crowd gathered for his...

The Italian Navy has been carrying out four separate migrant rescue operations in the Sicily Channel, with the help of the Italian Navy ships Borsini, Driade and Etna together with merchant ships...

EasyJet, the low-cost British airline announced the cancellation of 40 flights due to a strike by its flight attendants in France. Only the French domestic flights scheduled on Friday will be affected...

The travel website, TripAdvisor, generally thrives on reviews, good or bad, - but when Italian antitrust officials gave their damning opinion of the website, it wasn't quite so happy. After being...

OBAMA KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — President Barack Obama marks the end of more than a decade of combat in Afghanistan by paying tribute to America's military, telling troops on Christmas Day that...

Queen Elizabeth II used her traditional Christmas broadcast Thursday to call for reconciliation throughout the United Kingdom and to praise medical workers fighting Ebola in Africa. She said it...

A somber Pope Francis steeped his Christmas message to the world Thursday in sadness for those with little cause for joy — abused children, refugees, hostages and others suffering from violence...